CVE-2026-63971

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-19. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-45744 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff

sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while waiting for the association to reach ESTABLISHED state. During this window, another thread can peeloff the association to a new socket via getsockopt(SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF), changing asoc->base.sk. After re-acquiring the old socket lock, sctp_wait_for_connect() returns success without noticing the migration — the caller then accesses the association under the wrong lock in sctp_datamsg_from_user().

Add the same sk != asoc->base.sk check that sctp_wait_for_sndbuf() already has, returning an error if the association was migrated while we slept.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
2nd
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 19, 2026

Last Modified

October 19, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jul 21, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f14fe6395a8b3d961a61e138ad7b36ba3626dd4e
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcfeac79af740735ace44008b4a11b8e5add20f5
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9b56051d24540cfbf39194618708c4a7633549
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d2038d4b80166f7bead8d07eba3b97405816c21
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68667ee4c7dadf7f63167234e2a1af09b3f7874e
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/634a9af8a26a84d8b0d7b3b643204b344b42d9fb
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6140cfa721451fa6e18e134e709703c2bf34d0fb
Web page

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e0d5bc76fd4267a71334fcc8f1a5fbcf997845d

Patch Availability(24)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1118.128~20.04.1) @ focal2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1118.115) @ jammy2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-7.0 (7.0.0-1015.15) @ resolute2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-146.146) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-26.04 (7.0.0-2016.16) @ resolute2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-24.04-edge (7.0.0-1016.16) @ resolute2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1070.78) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 (5.15.0.1112.112) @ jammy2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1063.66) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1070.78+fips1) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1070.78) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1080 (5.15.0-1080.84) @ jammy2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1114.120~20.04.1) @ focal2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8 (6.8.0-1036.39) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-7.0 (7.0.0-1008.8) @ resolute2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (6.8.0-1066.67~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-7.0 (7.0.0-1009.9) @ resolute2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1) @ noble2026-10-27ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_22026-10-19redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.47.1.el9_82026-09-14redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.162.1.rt7.503.el8_102026-09-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_102026-09-10redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 5.10.92-2 (54 versions)
  • every version up to 5.10.259-1: fixed in 5.10.259-1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (53 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.176-1: fixed in 6.1.176-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 (27 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.94-1: fixed in 6.12.94-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.0.9-1~bpo13+1 (142 versions)
  • every version up to 7.0.12-1: fixed in 7.0.12-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 53× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 350 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 250 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  2. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  3. 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  4. 2026-10-29 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  5. 2026-10-28 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  6. 2026-10-27 21:14 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-27 21:14 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-27 21:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  9. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  10. 2026-10-26 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  11. 2026-10-25 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  12. 2026-10-25 14:13 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  15. 2026-10-22 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  16. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  17. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  18. 2026-10-19 21:39 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-19 21:39 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-19 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  21. 2026-10-19 20:36 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-19 20:36 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-19 20:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  24. 2026-10-19 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  25. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  1. 2026-10-18 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  3. 2026-10-16 17:19 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-16 17:19 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-16 17:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  6. 2026-10-16 16:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  7. 2026-10-16 15:54 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-16 15:54 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-16 15:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  10. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  11. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  12. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  13. 2026-10-13 11:48 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-13 11:48 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-13 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  16. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  17. 2026-10-12 15:48 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-11 19:33 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-11 16:48 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-11 14:09 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  23. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
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  27. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  28. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  29. 2026-10-02 19:40 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-10-02 19:40 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-02 19:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  32. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  33. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  34. 2026-10-01 08:48 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-01 08:48 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-01 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  37. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  38. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  39. 2026-09-28 07:26 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-28 07:26 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-28 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  42. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 5th percentile
  43. 2026-09-24 03:44 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-24 03:44 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-24 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  46. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  47. 2026-09-23 02:07 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-23 02:07 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-23 02:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  50. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
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  52. 2026-09-18 04:22 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-18 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-18 04:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  55. 2026-09-17 05:35 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-09-17 05:35 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-17 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  58. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  59. 2026-09-16 13:00 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-16 13:00 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-16 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  62. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 6th percentile
  63. 2026-09-14 05:00 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-14 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  65. 2026-09-13 18:03 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-09-13 18:03 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-13 18:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  68. 2026-09-13 07:03 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-13 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  70. 2026-09-12 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-12 19:48 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-12 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  73. 2026-09-12 07:17 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-12 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-p8fw-9cj8-hc3p · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  75. 2026-09-11 19:38 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-63971?
CVE-2026-63971 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 19, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while waiting for the association to reach ESTABLISHED state. During this window, another thread can peeloff the…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-63971 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-63971 was published on July 19, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 19, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-63971 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-63971 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-63971?
CVE-2026-63971 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-63971?
A fix for CVE-2026-63971 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-63971 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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